The CSRSS virus uses the filename of a Windows system process to avoid detection. Remove the CSRSS.exe executable file if you find it in a folder other than the Windows system 32 folder. CSRSS.exe is usually associated with a client/server run-time subsystem of the Windows operating system that is responsible for performing a number of operating system processes. Since the file is not an actual software program, you will not need to use the uninstaller to remove it from your system.

Press "Ctrl" "Shift" and "Esc" to open the Windows task manager. Click the "Processes" tab. Click the "CSRSS.exe" process and click "End Process."

Click the Windows orb and click "Computer" in the menu that appears.

Type "Csrss.exe" into the search field to display all instances of the executable file on your computer.

Click any "Csrss.exe" file that is not in the Windows/System32 folder and press "Delete." Close the computer window and right-click the "Recycle Bin." Click "Empty" to remove the files from your computer.

Restart the computer to save the changes and complete the removal process.

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Jason Taetsch graduated from The College of New Jersey with a degree in English. Taetsch co-founded the on-campus literary magazine, "Paperclips." In 2006 he began writing professionally. He wrote news articles and independently authored op-ed columns for the on-campus newspaper, "The Signal" and had articles published in "Garden State Surf Magazine."